News frames and national security: covering big brother
Auteur :
McLeod, Douglas M. / Shah, Dhavan V.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521113595
Date de publication :
31 déc. 2014
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,7 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
520 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book explores how news coverage renders targeted groups suspicious and spurs support for government surveillance. It argues that the tendency of journalists to frame stories around individual targets of surveillance shapes citizens' judgments, leading them to support 'Big Brother' and to limit the civil liberties of groups under scrutiny.